The Linux Programming Interface

INDEX 1477

mtrace(), 146
MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit),
1182, 1185
Mui, L., 1444
multi_descriptors.c, 1426
multi_SIGCHLD.c, 557
multi_wait.c, 543
MULTICS, 2
multihomed host, 1180, 1187, 1220
multiplexed I/O, 1327, 1330–1346
munlock(), 1049–1050
prototype, 1049
munlockall(), 1050–1051
prototype, 1050
munmap(), 1022, 1023–1024, 1058
example of use, 1036
prototype, 1023
muntrace(), 146
mutex, 614, 631–642, 881
attributes, 640
deadlock, 639
diagram, 639
destroying, 640
initializing, 639–640
locking, 636, 637–638
performance, 638
statically allocated, 635
type, 640–642
unlocking, 636
used with a condition variable, 646
mutual exclusion, 634

N
N_TTY constant, 1292, 1294
NAME_MAX constant, 214, 215
named daemon, 1210
named semaphore. See POSIX
semaphore, named
nanosleep(), 488–489, 673
example of use, 490
interrupted by signal handler, 444
interrupted by stop signal, 445
prototype, 488
Native POSIX Thread Library (NPTL).
SeeNPTL
NCCS constant, 1292
necho.c, 123
NetBSD, 7
netstat command, 1182, 1275–1276
network byte order, 1198–1199
Network File System (NFS), Linux
implementation, 254
network ID, 1186
network layer, 1184–1186
diagram, 1181

network mask, 1186

Network Time Protocol (NTP), 204,

205, 1442

networking protocol, 1180

Neville-Neil, G.V., 1442

new_intr.c, 1301

NEW_TIME constant, 820, 822

newgrp command, 155, 156

newline character, 30, 1298

Next Generation POSIX Threads

(NGPT), 689

NeXTStep, 5

nfds_t data type, 65, 1337

NFS (Network File System), Linux

implementation, 254

nftw(), 358–360, 657

example of use, 361

prototype, 358

nftw_dir_tree.c, 360

NGPT (Next Generation POSIX

Threads), 689

NGROUPS_MAX constant, 179, 214

NI_DGRAM constant, 1218

NI_MAXHOST constant, 1218

NI_MAXSERV constant, 1218

NI_NAMEREQD constant, 1219

NI_NOFQDN constant, 1219

NI_NUMERICHOST constant, 1219

NI_NUMERICSERV constant, 1219

nice command, 735

nice value, 614, 733–737, 801

diagram, 734

LinuxThreads nonconformance, 691

NPTL nonconformance, 693

resource limit, 762

nice(), 735, 801

RLIMIT_NICE resource limit and, 762

NL terminal special character, 1296, 1298,

1302, 1303, 1307

nl_langinfo(), 657

NL0 constant, 1302

NL1 constant, 1302

NLDLY constant, 1302

nlink_t data type, 65, 280

nm command, 844

no_echo.c, 1306

NOFLSH constant, 1303, 1305, 1307

nohup command, 710

nonblocking I/O, 77, 103–104, 915–917,

1326, 1330

noncanonical mode (terminal I/O), 1290,

1307–1309

nonlocal goto, 131–137

nonprivileged (unprivileged) process, 33

nonreentrant function, 116, 423